XLhc QtovQ of tbe IRations. 



Messrs. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS take pleasure m 

 announcing that they have in course of publication, in 

 co-operation with Mr. T. Fisher Unwin, of London, a 

 series of historical studies, intended to present in a 

 graphic manner the stories of the different nations that 

 have attained prominence in history. 



In the story form the current of each national life is 

 distinctly indicated, and its picturesque and noteworthy 

 periods and episodes are presented for the reader in their 

 philosophical relation to each other as well as to universal 

 history. 



It is the plan of the writers of the different volumes to 

 enter into the real life of the peoples, and to bring them 

 before the reader as they actually lived, labored, and 

 struggled — as they studied and wrote, and as they amused 

 themselves. In carrying out this plan, the myths, with 

 which the history of all lands begins, will not be over- 

 looked, though these will be carefully distinguished from 

 the actual history, so far as the labors of the accepted 

 historical authorities have resulted in definite conclusions. 



The subjects of the different volumes have been planned 

 to cover connecting and, as far as possible, consecutive 

 epochs or periods, so that the set when completed will 

 present in a comprehensive narrative the chief events in 



